Books written by Cecelia Holland

Writing Fantasy Heroes: Powerful Advice from the Pros

Whether you're an aspiring writer or simply a reader who loves great fantasy and strong characters, this book is for you.
Clarkesworld

Non-fiction by Mark Cole (The Age of the Excessive Machine: Psychedelic SF, On-Screen and Off), an interview with Charlie Jane Anders, an Another Word column by Genevieve Valentine, and an editorial by Neil Clarke.
Dragon Heart: A Fantasy Novel

In Dragon Heart, Cecelia Holland, America's most distinguished historical novelist steps fully into the realm of fantasy and makes it her own.
Varanger

Joining a fur-trading expedition to Russia, Conn, son of Corban Loosestrife, and his cousin Raef are forced to over-winter in Novgorod, where they take service with Dobrynya, leader of the Rus, and travel south to Kiev, joining a raiding ...
The Secret Eleanor

He was staring back at her with such a look on his face that Petronilla caught her breath. Her gaze returned to Eleanor, who was still gazing into his eyes, and her sister smiled, as if in the whole world no one else ...
An Ordinary Woman: A Dramatized Biography of Nancy Kelsey

Now, in An Ordinary Woman, Holland gives us an intimate portrait of a remarkable woman who played a crucial role in the settlement of the West--Nancy Kelsey, the courageous young pioneer who was the first American woman to set foot in ...
Until the Sun Falls: A Novel

Until the Sun Falls stars a Mongol general, Psin, whose battles against the enemies of the Kha Khan sometimes seem easier than his struggles with his wives and his son.
An Ordinary Woman: A Dramatized Biography of Nancy Kelsey

The English Lord Romaine, with his fancy guns and his half-breed guide, was going back east again. The rest of them, Nancy knew, were coming to a point of decision. Within a few days, they would reach Soda Springs, and there Tom ...
The Sea Beggars: A Novel

Swollen by the recent rains, it ran full to the high bank, the water muddy and swift, and on the far side it overflowed the bank and stood among the reeds and grass of the low ground. The Prince sharpened his eyes for a long look across ...
Great Maria

“It was not the cleanest kill I have ever seen.” Maria got to her feet. “Can you walk? Let me help you.” “I can walk. Just let me sit here a while, and I will come up by myself.” He lowered his head. The steps to the Tower door were ...
Kings of the North

He watched the street he had just left until he saw Streona and his men pushing their way through the crowded market, shouting, striking at people to get them out of the way. Still after him. He sprang over a low fence and went through ...
Pillar of the Sky: A Novel of Stonehenge

A breathtaking speculation, Pillar of the Sky is an unforgettable tale brimming with action, colorful characters, vivid detail, intelligence, and wonder, while presenting a possible history of the man-made miracle on Salisbury Plain that ...
Pillar of the Sky

Pillar of the Sky
City of God: A Novel of the Borgias

With City of God she brings a remarkable epoch and a legendary family of scoundrels and murderers to breathtaking life—the corrupt patriarch pope; the suspiciously widowed and incestuous daughter, Lucrezia; Cesare, the bloodthirsty ...
The Death of Attila

A strange bond unites a young Hun soldier and the son of a German chief during Attila's invasion of Gaul.
The Story of Anna and the King

Here is the real story behind the woman who inspired a best-selling biography, one of the top Broadway musicals of all time.
The Soul Thief

A Viking raid leads a young man on a quest to save his sister in this “potent blend of fantasy, history, and romance .
The Witches' Kitchen

Corban Loose-Strife and Benna flee the blood feud unleashed upon the death of Eric Blood-Axe, seeking refuge in the new world of Vinland, along with Corban's sister Mav, Mav's son, and Corban's own children.
Floating Worlds

In this unstable system, the anarchist Paula Mendoza, an agent of the Committee, works to make peace and ultimately protect her people in a catastrophic clash of worlds that destroys the order she knows.
The Angel and the Sword

Set in the dark days of ninth century France, this novel tells of a courageous young princess who disguises herself as a warrior to protect her people from destruction.